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Festive season opening hours

All of our staff wish you and your families a happy, safe, and relaxing time over the Christmas and New Year holiday season. Our opening hours over the festive season can be found below.CHRISTMAS HOURS> Saturday 23 December – OPEN> Christmas day – CLOSED> Boxing day – CLOSEDWe will be open normal working hours 27-30 […]

The end of an era

Brent Hananeia, manager of our Dunedin laboratory, worked his last day on Thursday 28 September, 2023. Brent has left quite a footprint throughout our network, and it’s sadly time to bid him farewell after 45 years in the lab.Brent started his career at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in 1978 at their Invermay […]

Our organisation’s name is changing

The Asia Pacific Healthcare Group is proud to announce on 20 April 2023, our organisation changed its name to Awanui.Awanui means big river, and represents the journey of bringing our network together to form a national organisation. Like our nation’s rivers, our network of services, laboratories, collection centres and people, intersect and join.When we join together, […]

Otago anniversary day

Our Dunedin laboratory will be closed on Monday 20 March for the anniversary day public holiday. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday 21 March.If you are situated outside the Otago region but submit samples to our Dunedin laboratory, please just call us on 0800 GRIBBLES if you need to get in touch and select the […]

5-star review!

“Thank you for your support, and believe me when I say, I deeply appreciate the whole Gribbles Team, they offer great professionalism, unusual receptiveness, deep patience, and exceptional empathy for the needs of their clients. Their responsiveness is always reassuring and collaborative, especially when we are in the midst of a crisis, when a “Can […]

We are ISO 45001 certified

At APHG, we take the health and safety of our staff and visitors seriously. We are proud to have received our ISO 45001 certification which is an international standard for an organisation’s occupational health and safety system. ISO 45001 provides the framework to support a healthy and safe working environment and protect staff and visitors. […]

Customer satisfaction survey

We would love you to participate in our customer service survey. It is only short and will take less than 5 minutes of your time. Your feedback helps us improve our services so we can ensure you are looked after in the best way possible. 

Need nutritional information testing?

Nutritional information testing – measuring energy, protein, total fat, saturated fat, total carbohydrate, sugar and sodium – provides important information that is critical for product labeling and product validation. This analysis helps to ensure the food you manufacture or sell complies with various local and overseas regulations, including health and safety legislation and the legal […]

Tired of waiting days for Salmonella results?

Tired of waiting more than 48 hours for Salmonella test results?Would receiving results within 24 hours reduce your stress levels and help you meet your deadlines?… well wait no more!So if you are looking for …> an IANZ accredited laboratory to provide all of your food testing services, > fast turn-around times,> outstanding value for […]

Aquaculture services

Gribbles Scientific’s laboratory testing services provide the results you need to optimise your aquaculture production process and get your product to market quickly and economically. True science is at the heart of what we do.Our team of experts can assist with all your aquatic food testing requirements. We provide accurate results, with fast turnaround times […]